HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (ヘルモード ～やり込み好きのゲーマーは廃設定の異世界で無双する～ はじまりの召喚士)

So, that's it, huh? End of service after only 3 years.

Another weaksauce game.

Hot garbage. The weakest of weaksauce.

Gimme one that takes 10 years to beat.

VIDEO GAME

GARBAGE BALANCING

HARDCORE

Hm?

WE OFFER YOU A GAME THAT NEVER ENDS

IN A FANTASY WORLD OF SWORDS AND MAGIC

A game that never ends? Yeah, right.

EASY

NORMAL

EXTRA

Let's look at the difficulty settings.

Easy, normal...

NORMAL

EXTRA

What the? "Hell Mode"?

"Regret is the least of your worries. For you shall be faced with utter despair."

Pssht, like I've never heard that before.

Bring it!

HELL

HELL

HELL

LEVELING UP REQUIRES 100 TIMES MORE EXP

THAN NORMAL MODE

Hot damn. A ton of character classes to choose from.

There's Swordsman and Spear User...

SWORDSMAN

SPEAR USER

SWORD MASTER

HERO

DEMON LORD

Wow, we can even choose Demon Lord?

DEMON LORD

Huh?

DEMON LORD

SUMMONER

Why is the difficulty rating for Summoner so high?!

SUMMONER

Okay, I'll bite. This defaults you to the "serf" social class.

And it's still in alpha-testing?

Then how I am even able to select it?

Whatever. That actually seems like a fun challenge.

ARE YOU READY TO START?

YES

NO

YES

I'll be your guinea pig!

Everything feels lukewarm all of a sudden...

But you know, this is pretty relaxing. I can dig it.

Wait, scratch that!

What the hell?! It's getting tight in here!

Oh! It's breathing!

You did amazing, sweetheart!

Welp. This is a literal take on the "reincarnation" trope.

Gee, thanks for making it so obvious!

There, there. Daddy's got you.

Oh! It's a boy!

I've already got your name picked out, little fella.

You are... Allen!

LEVELING UP REQUIRES 100 TIMES MORE XP

THAN NORMAL MODE

THERE IS NO LEVEL CAP

SHOULD YOU PROVE CAPABLE OF OVERCOMING DESPAIR,

YOU SHALL DISCOVER

THE PRINCIPLE OF THE WORLD

BORN AGAIN AT BOTTOM-TIER

Is it yummy?

Num-nums!

Eat all you want, Allen.

I used to be a 35 year-old, uneducated, broke-ass, romantically inept,

white-collar worker named Kenichi Yamada.

But I've been reincarnated as this little dude, Allen.

Right now, I'm one year old.

I can't talk just yet, but I have no problems thinking to myself or understanding words.

So it seems like Japanese is the common tongue here.

Someone's got a healthy appetite!

Thank God for that.

Guess he takes after me, huh?

I've been born into a serf family, just like how I chose at the start.

This is a frontier village where pioneers pay tax to a ruling lord to cultivate the land,

so it doesn't have a name yet.

Make sure to get your fill, Theresia!

My father's name is Rodin.

He's a real family guy who works hard day after day.

I assume he's around 20 years old.

Thank you, honey.

There we go! Nice and clean!

My mother's name is Theresia.

She's very pretty. And as sweet as can be!

Probably in her late teens.

I'm their only kid right now.

Goodness me, honey! Seems we have two babies who need their faces cleaned.

Dats wight!

I imagine it's only a matter of time before I get siblings.

Aww. Is it time to go beddy-bye?

Yesh...

Nighty-night, Allen.

Time for the adults to have dinner.

Stat window, open!

Welp. Getting my diapers changed and suckin' on titties is great and all...

but I'm supposed to be a Summoner now.

Really wish I could do something with it.

I've lost count of how many times I've tried.

Stat window, open!

Allen?!

Oh, crap! I can't let them see!

Go away, book!

Are you okay, Allen?!

Just talking in his sleep, I guess?

Gosh, that scared me!

Sleep tight, little fella.

Whew, close call.

Let's try that again.

Appear, my book!

And open!

Now we're talking!

After a whole year of trying...

ALLEN

1

SUMMONER

1

4

2

I can finally get a look at my stats!

1

1

2

3

2

SUMMON *1*,

CREATE *1*,

DELETE

0/1000

ALLEN

1

SUMMONER

1

4

2

1

Level one. My class is...

SUMMONER

Summoner!

This page has details on my summoning skill.

Apparently, summon and create have their own skill EXP.

SKILL EXP

0/10000

SUMMONS AVAILABLE FOR CREATION:

Guess that means they level up the more I use them.

SUMMONS AVAILABLE FOR CREATION:

H

H

Oh! I have summons available! That sounds promising!

Looks like I'm limited to just insects and beasts right now.

Is the "H" supposed to be their rank?

Talk about bottom of the barrel...

What now?

DEAR MR. ALLEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE.

ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS ISEKAI WORLD?

PLEASE ACCEPT OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY

IN DELIVERING YOUR GRIMOIRE.

WE'RE VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT.

God of Creation?

It's some kinda letter from the administrator.

SINCE YOU SELECTED A CLASS STILL UNDER TESTING,

IT TOOK TIME TO FINISH THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK.

OUR STAFF WORKED HARD TO FINISH AS SOON AS WE COULD.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS

OR CANCELLATIONS IN REGARDS TO CLASS SELECTION.

SINCERELY, ELMEA - THE GOD OF CREATION

Let me skim through...

Basically, they're apologizing

for sending my grimoire late.

Guess they still have some hiccups to work out for Summoner.

Anyways, I wanna summon stuff!

Come forth! Insect!

Huh? What the-? Wha-?

Summon: Insect!

Abraca-bug-ra!

Okay, lock in, man.

There are no game FAQs or walkthroughs in this world.

Gotta mess around and figure it out myself.

Oh! Maybe I have to use the create skill first!

Create: Insect!

Whoa! Houston, we have a card!

INSECT H

ENDURANCE +1 AGILITY +1

ENDURANCE +1 AGILITY +1